I'd shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it's the same with that.

There's a huge amount of footage of Julian [ Assange] online, but he's usually in presentation or defending mode, talking about his cause, or the revelations which Wikileaks have brought about. There's none of Assange relaxing or in private mode. There's none of the personality I tried to give him behind closed doors [in The Fifth Estate ].

[Doctor Strange ] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he's very loved by people who know him.

The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.

The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.

I'm not an overnight success. I've been doing it for 12 years. It's been lovely and varied so far.

My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan's 'The Browning Version,' where my job was to make school-masters' wives weep with recognition.